Studies in Moldovan
Title | Studies in Moldovan PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Leroy Dyer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
This is an examination of the Romanian-speaking people of Moldova who have been subject to multiple cultural and political influences through the centuries.
Wine Is Our Bread
Title | Wine Is Our Bread PDF eBook |
Author | Daniela Ana |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Pages | 198 |
Release | 2022-05-13 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1800733429 |
Based on ethnographic work in a Moldovan winemaking village, Wine Is Our Bread shows how workers in a prestigious winery have experienced the country’s recent entry into the globalized wine market and how their productive activities at home and in the winery contribute to the value of commercial terroir wines. Drawing on theories of globalization, economic anthropology and political economy, the book contributes to understanding how crises and inequalities in capitalism lead to the ‘creative destruction’ of local products, their accelerated standardization and the increased exploitation of labour.
The Moldovans
Title | The Moldovans PDF eBook |
Author | Charles King |
Publisher | Hoover Press |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 2013-09-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0817997938 |
The first English-language book to present a complete picture of this intriguing East European borderland, The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture, illuminates the perennial problems of identity politics and cultural change that the country has endured.
Russia on the Danube
Title | Russia on the Danube PDF eBook |
Author | Victor Taki |
Publisher | Central European University Press |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 2021-09-21 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 963386383X |
One of the goals of Russia’s Eastern policy was to turn Moldavia and Wallachia, the two Romanian principalities north of the Danube, from Ottoman vassals into a controllable buffer zone and a springboard for future military operations against Constantinople. Russia on the Danube describes the divergent interests and uneasy cooperation between the Russian officials and the Moldavian and Wallachian nobility in a key period between 1812 and 1834. Victor Taki’s meticulous examination of the plans and memoranda composed by Russian administrators and the Romanian elite underlines the crucial consequences of this encounter. The Moldavian and Wallachian nobility used the Russian-Ottoman rivalry in order to preserve and expand their traditional autonomy. The comprehensive institutional reforms born out of their interaction with the tsar’s officials consolidated territorial statehood on the lower Danube, providing the building blocks of a nation state. The main conclusion of the book is that although Russian policy was driven by self-interest, and despite the Russophobia among a great part of the Romanian intellectuals, this turbulent period significantly contributed to the emergence, several decades later, of modern Romania.
A Contested Borderland
Title | A Contested Borderland PDF eBook |
Author | Andrei Cusco |
Publisher | Central European University Press |
Pages | 348 |
Release | 2018-02-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9633861594 |
Bessarabia?mostly occupied by modern-day republic of Moldova?was the only territory representing an object of rivalry and symbolic competition between the Russian Empire and a fully crystallized nation-state: the Kingdom of Romania. This book is an intellectual prehistory of the Bessarabian problem, focusing on the antagonism of the national and imperial visions of this contested periphery. Through a critical reassessment and revision of the traditional historical narratives, the study argues that Bessarabia was claimed not just by two opposing projects of ?symbolic inclusion,? but also by two alternative and theoretically antagonistic models of political legitimacy. By transcending the national lens of Bessarabian / Moldovan history and viewing it in the broader Eurasian comparative context, the book responds to the growing tendency in recent historiography to focus on the peripheries in order to better understand the functioning of national and imperial states in the modern era. ÿ
Stephen the Great and Balkan Nationalism
Title | Stephen the Great and Balkan Nationalism PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Eagles |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2013-10-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 085773458X |
The defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans in 1475 at the Battle of Vaslui heralded the beginnings of a historic legacy. The victor became known as Stephen the Great or Athleta Christi, Champion of Christ. Perceived as the founder of a Balkan identity, Stephen the Great maintained Moldova's independence during periods of fierce Ottoman attack between 1457 and 1504. His Christian religious stance meant that, in the eyes of Europe, he had not only defeated a significant territorial threat but had elevated Christianity to a superior level as victors over its Muslim opponents. Here, Jonathan Eagles seeks to unveil the mechanisms behind this legacy, reviewing the state formations that allowed this national hero to emerge, and explaining the methods that preserve his memory in the region today. By combining the latest historical studies of the anti-Ottoman resistance with new archaeological findings, Stephen the Great and Balkan Nationalism engages with a fresh approach to the history of the Balkans, and reinvigorates the study of the Ottoman Empire's impact in Europe. This is an important book for those with an interest in medieval history, Balkan history and the Ottomans.
Moldova : Studies Formulated by Moldovan Consultants
Title | Moldova : Studies Formulated by Moldovan Consultants PDF eBook |
Author | C. Melnic |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1993 |
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